15 Recent Horrors You Should Avoid This Halloween

7. I, Frankenstein

I Frankenstein
Lionsgate

Of the recent batch of Frankenstein movies (also including Victor Frankenstein, and this year's Frankenstein), by far and away the worst is 2014's I, Frankenstein. This sort-of-sequel to Mary Shelley's original novel sees Frankenstein's Monster - Adam - turn superhero, caught in a battle between Good (a race of relatively benevolent gargoyles) and Evil (actual demons). Deeply brainless CGI antics ensue.

Aaron Eckhart is the hunky, hoodie-wearing Adam, lost in a movie which owes as much to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as it does Van Helsing. But at least those movies had their moments of entertainment - this one is devastatingly dull, and an ugly mess.

This Halloween, go for Bernard Rose's Frankenstein instead - a modern update of the myth that keeps both its heart and soul.

Contributor
Contributor

A film critic and professional writer of over ten years, Joel Harley has a deep and abiding love of all things horror, Batman and Nicolas Cage. He can be found writing online and in print, all over the Internet and in especially good bookstores.